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INCI ingredient

Boron Nitride

Boron Nitride appears on 57 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face makeups.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

What it does

Boron Nitride appears on 57 ingredient lists in our database, most often in face makeups.

It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: bulking, slip modifier

Products with Boron Nitride

in 57 products

Showing 24 of 57 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • bulking
  • slip modifier
  • bulking: Non-reactive (chemically inert), solid ingredients that dilute other solids and/or increase the volume of cosmetic products.
  • slip modifier: Enhancing the flow properties of other ingredients without reacting chemically with them.

CAS 10043-11-5 · EC 701-292-9; 233-136-6

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

Classification from the INCI name; product lists from Open Beauty Facts.Report a mistake